Blocklisting Interim Review

Whitbread PLC
24 May 2006

                             SCHEDULE 5

                    BLOCKLISTING SIX MONTHLY RETURN


1. NAME OF COMPANY:  Whitbread Plc



2. NAME OF SCHEME:   Whitbread Executive Approved & 
                     Unapproved Share Option Schemes



3. PERIOD OF RETURN:    FROM: 13 December 2005  TO: 24 May 2006



4. NUMBER AND CLASS OF SHARE(S)
   (AMOUNT OF STOCK/DEBT SECURITY)
   NOT ISSUED UNDER SCHEME
   AT END OF THE LAST PERIOD:             400,784 Ordinary 58 1/3p Shares



5. NUMBER OF SHARES ISSUED/ALLOTTED
   UNDER SCHEME DURING PERIOD:            391,250



6. BALANCE UNDER SCHEME NOT YET 
   ISSUED/ALLOTTED AT END OF PERIOD:      9,534



7. NUMBER AND CLASS OF SHARE(S) (AMOUNT   1,500,000 Ordinary 58 1/3p shares
   OF STOCK/DEBT SECURITIES) ORIGINALLY 
   LISTED AND THE DATE OF ADMISSION:      12 May 2005


PLEASE CONFIRM TOTAL NUMBER OF SHARES IN ISSUE AT THE END OF THE PERIOD
IN ORDER FOR US TO UPDATE OUR RECORDS.

   258,212,838

This excludes 1,002,953 shares, which are held as Treasury Shares. 



CONTACT FOR QUERIES

NAME: Daren Lowry, Assistant Company Secretary         

TELEPHONE: : [phone]


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